What's New at the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival:
Don't miss the special Pass Holder Cocktail Party September 16th! Date: August-29-2010
Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival
Meet our festival guests and filmmakers. Be privy to late breaking news!
Enjoy libations and hors d'oeuvres of Indian savories.
Thursday, September 16th, the Sun Valley Pavilion
6:30-7:30 pm Pass Holder/Special Invitation Cocktail Party, Sun Valley Pavilion South Terrace
8:00-10:00 pm Exclusive seating for the Jayanthi Raman Dance Company performing Shrishti:
Creation, Temple Dance Ballet of India
Join us for another year of "celebrating the human spirit through the illuminating power of film."
For information or to RSVP 208-788-9729 directors@svspiritualfilmfestival.org
Please be our honored guests as we celebrate the launch of the 6th Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival.
Calling all Filmmakers and filmmakers in the making! Date: August-29-2010
New This Year...Movie Making: Dialogue with the Filmmakers Seminar
Join us for the illuminating power of film!
Where: Sun Valley Resort Lodge Dining Room
When: Friday, September 17th 8:30-3:30
Cost: $15 or free to passholders
Movie Making: Dialogue with the Filmmakers Seminar
For Filmmakers, Filmmakers in the making and Film Industry Professionals
Facilitated by the Idaho Film Office and the Idaho Film Advisory Committee
Lunch sponsored by Stephen Crisman and Bex Wilkinson,
Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival Advisory Board Members
8:45 -10:30 The Business of Film Distribution, Anthony Ventura, Rivercoast Film Distribution
11:45-12:00 The Role of Documentary in Social Justice Frederick Marx, Warrior Films
12:00-1:30 Lunch and Panel discussion:
Moderator: Tom Williamson Panelists: Stephen Crisman, CEO Crisman Films, Peter Shiao, CEO, Orb Media, Elizabeth Sheldon, Vice President, Kino Lorber, Inc,. Jennilyn Merten, Director/Producer, Sons of Perdition, Jerry Krell, President, Auteur Productions, Asian and Abrahamic Religions: Divine Intervention in America, Adam Krell, Producer/Videographer, Auteur Productions, Adrienne Grierson, Director/Producer The Valley of Dawn, Peter Wiedensmith, Director, Raw Faith.
1:30-2:30 Visionary Film Nick Kraz, InspiredMind Films
2:30-3:30 Fair Use and the Recent DMCA Ruling by the copyright office Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin Films
Don"t miss the special raffle drawing for Showbiz Software
THE BUSINESS OF FILM DISTRIBUTION
Tony Ventura, Rivercoast Distributors
"Now that I've made this awesome film, how do I get it in front of an audience?" It's a common question among indie filmmakers. Come get the answers at this year’s Film Distribution Workshop with Anthony Ventura. This workshop will deal with the do’s and don’ts of film distribution, from a business perspective, and common mistakes and challenges faced by independent filmmakers in finding the right distributor for their film. You will be brought up to date on the current distribution landscape and how it affects your sales and marketing efforts of your film. There will be an extended Q&A session during the workshop to answer any specific questions you may have. Filmmakers are encouraged to ask questions, interact and be involved in the entire session. Bring your pen, paper, ideas and friends to this very productive workshop.
Rivercoast Distribution:
A few years ago industry veteran Michael Katchman had a vision. After 25 years of executive experience, he still felt something was missing from the distribution world. "It's too often great films never get seen just because they don't fit within a certain paradigm," Katchman says. Since then, he has teamed up with another Hollywood veteran, Tony Ventura, and the two have made it their mission to level the playing field for indie filmmakers. Rivercoast Distribution represents a new opportunity for filmmakers across the globe. Rivercoast Film Distribution was formed to enable independent filmmakers to get their films placed into the marketplace. Years of experience and a vast network of contacts are now accessible to films that don't fit the typical generic mold. Welcome to a new generation of distribution. Welcome to Rivercoast.
THE ROLE OF DOCUMENTARY IN SOCIAL JUSTICE
Frederick Marx, Director, Writer and founder of Warrior Films, will draw on 30 years of his social documentary filmmaking practice; Marx will recount his thinking and struggles in two broad areas that occasionally appear at odds with social justice intentions: ethics and artistry.
VISIONARY FILM
Visionary film is cinema that purports to transcend the physical world and portray a wider vision of awareness including, but not limited to, spiritual, mystical, mythic, or psychedelic themes. Such films are usually associated with altered states of consciousness, or based in such experiences, and aim to plant the seeds of transformation in the mind-stream of the viewer. Presented by Nick Kraz, documentary filmmaker.
FAIR USE
Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin Films co-founder, has been a leader in creating the Documentary Filmmakers Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use. He will be speaking about this fundamental right. For over 40 years, Kartemquin Films has been making documentaries that examine and critique society through the stories of real people. Kartemquin's best known film, Hoop Dreams, won every major critics prize and journalism award in 1995 and was named on over 150 “ten best” lists. The film examines the complex role basketball plays in the lives of two inner-city high school players. After garnering the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, Hoop Dreams was released theatrically by Fine Line Features and became the highest grossing documentary at that time and one of highest-rated documentaries broadcast on PBS.
By engaging the larger public and policy-makers in the process of genuine learning and understanding, Kartemquin continues to make films that can lead to real social change. In addition to its extensive film production work, Kartemquin runs a comprehensive internship program, a Diversity Fellowship program and continues to act as a resource for the local and national media communities.
Canada's Leading Paliative Care Educator to present Seminar on Griefwalking: The Soul of a Well Lived Life Date: August-29-2010
Featuring: Stephen Jenkinson brings GRIEFWALKER to the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival
Stephen Jenkinson, Griefwalking: The Soul of the Well-Lived Life,
Canada’s leading palliative care educator and spiritual activist, and subject of the film Griefwalker, will be presenting Griefwalking: The Soul of the Well-Lived Life, Sept. 17, 8:30-3:30 Limelight Room, Sun Valley Resort
Canada’s leading palliative care educator and spiritual activist, and subject of the film Griefwalker, Stephen Jenkinson, will present Griefwalking: The Soul of the Well-Lived Life.
Members of the public, Health Care Providers, Social Workers, Counselors are invited to this day-long workshop to explore with Stephen how to make meaning of life and how to approach grief as a skill of life and not an enemy of life. "Dying, when it is done well, is a village making thing. It is where we can learn our humanity, our capacity for love, endurance, grief, our skills of being needy and needed."
The film Griefwalker, the National Film Board of Canada's feature length documentary, is an extraordinary portrait of Jenkinson's work with dying people and will be screened on Saturday, 7:30 PM, at the Opera House. Stephen will be speaking at the screening. About the film: Griefwalker is much more than a film about dying and death: it is a meditation on what it takes for us to fall in love with our lives. It's about the redemptive power of deep love for life when life glimpses its end.
Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW, RSW is a spiritual activist, teacher and ceremony man and has for over a decade been revolutionizing the way dying and death are known and done in North America. For twenty five years with counselling and ceremony, Stephen has been guiding individuals, couples, families and communities through all the human sufferings, sorrows and confusions in life. He has Master’s degrees from Harvard University (Theology) and the University of Toronto (Social Work). He is the author of How it All Could Be (2009) and Money and The Soul’s Desires (2002). and a contributing author in the recently published Palliative Care – Core Skills and Clinical Competencies (2007). Stephen is the subject of Griefwalker, a National Film Board of Canada documentary released in August 2008.
Purchase tickets, festival passes at www.svspiritualfilmfestival.org or call 208-788-9729
All invited to the Yom Kippur Observance at Film Festival Date: August-29-2010
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement
Observances: Fasting, Prayer and Repentance
Length: 25 Hours
Greeting: Have an easy fast
...In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and you shall not do any work ... For on that day he shall provide atonement for you to cleanse you from all your sins before the L-RD. -Leviticus 16:29-30
Due to facility constraints, the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival is occurring during Yom Kippur, the "Day of Atonement."
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year for people of the Jewish faith all over the world. It is a day set aside to atone for the transgressions which one may have committed against one’s fellow man and against God. These transgressions are atoned for by first, making amends to those who have been offended, and by prayer, repentance, and acts of charity and loving-kindness.
Because Yom Kippur falls during this time, the Wood River Jewish Community would like to invite the attendees of the Spiritual Film Festival who might wish to attend, to our customary hour of meditation and music on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 PM.
Religious services begin on Friday Sept 17 at 7:00 PM and continue on Saturday morning Sept. 18 at 10:00 AM. The services will take place at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Sun Valley Road.
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Thank you to the Wood River Jewish Community for including us in Yom Kippur. For questions, please contact the WRJC office at 208-726-1183
Brilliant Moon Acquisition Date: August-10-2010
KINO LORBER ACQUIRES NORTH AMERICAN DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS TO DOCUMENTARY BRILLIANT MOON (2010) FROM HOUSE OF FILM
New York, August 4, 2010 - New York-based Kino Lorber Inc. has acquired all North American rights to Brilliant Moon (2010) for release on their Alive Mind label from distribution company House of Film. We are pleased to announce that Brilliant Moon will be screened at the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival. In addition, we are honored that Elizabeth Sheldon, the Vice President of Kino Lorber, will be attending the Film Festival.
Alive Mind releases documentary programming in the areas of enlightened consciousness and cultural transformation, and is a specialty distribution arm of Kino Lorber, Inc. Alive Mind provide its audience with intellectually provocative work from leading filmmakers that delivers the "aha" response of a transformative experience.
The documentary chronicles the life of one of Tibet's most revered 20th century teachers, Dilgo Rinpoche, a writer, poet and meditation master who inspired all who encountered him. Narrated by Richard Gere and Lou Reed, it tells Rinpoche's story from birth to death to rebirth - his childhood, escape from Tibet during Tibet's invasion, and his determination to rebuild the Tibetan Buddhist tradition far and wide.
Brilliant Moon includes rare still and archival footage, beautiful photography from Tibet, India, the US, Bhutan and Nepal and is told in part through interviews with the Dalai Lama, Matthieu Ricard, Rabjam Rinpoche and others. The film is directed by Neten Chokling, a close student of Rinpoche and director of the feature film, Milarepa.
"Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche is a revered teacher and we are honored to be the selected distributor for this inspirational film," said Elizabeth Sheldon, vice president of Kino Lorber, which has a library of over 600 titles. Kino Lorber will release the film through its Alive Mind Spiritual Cinema initiative, which offers spiritually themed films to theatrical venues and community groups across North America for exhibition. It will be offered to the educational market in fall of 2010 for Public Performance and digital site licenses through the newly formed Kino Lorber Education library, which merges the combined collections of Alive Mind and Kino to the library and post secondary market. It will be released to the retail market later in 2011.
Shining Spirit: The Musical Journey of Jamyang Yeshi Date: May-24-2010
Shining Spirit: The Musical Journey of Jamyang Yeshi
When: Monday May 24, 2010
7:00-9:00 PM
The evening includes the 30 minute film, a musical performance by Mr. Jamyang Yeshi and an introduction by filmmaker, Karen McDiarmid.
Where: The NexStage Theatre, Tickets $15 at door
120 South Main Street, Ketchum, Idaho 208- 788-9729 www.svspiritualfilmfestival.org
Shining Spirit, filmed in Canada, India and Tibet (2006-2009) documents a recording project that brings together the family of Jamyang Yeshi, through music and the use of multi-tracking recording technology. With the help of western friends, Jamyang, in exile in Canada, and his brother, Tsundue, in exile in the United States, join voices with the family they left behind in Tibet.. For the first time in over a decade, they sing together once again. Shining Spirit is a testament to the power of music, the resilience of the Tibetan culture, and the enduring bond of a family separated by politics and geography.
The filmmaker, Karen McDiarmid, will introduce the film Shining Spirit, setting it in the context of the current situation in Tibet. Following the screening Jamyang will perform live, singing and playing traditional Tibetan instruments, such as the dranyin and the kara, as well as the non-traditional ukulele! After the film and performance, both Jamyang and Karen will be on hand to answer questions.
A Scientist, A Shaman and Their Remarkable Journey through the Siberian Wilderness Date: February-24-2010
The Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival brings to you a special event
The Raven’s Gift:
A Scientist, A Shaman and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness
An evening with educator, author and unstoppable adventurer, Jon Turk
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
6:00 PM Meet the author and book signing Wine and beer available
7:00 PM Presentation: The Raven’s Gift
The NexStage Theatre, Tickets $15 at door
120 South Main Street, Ketchum, Idaho
208- 788-9729
www.svspiritualfilmfestival.org
Jon Turk stood naked, balancing on one leg, while Moolynaut, a 100 year old Siberian shaman chanted in the ancient tongue, asking Kutcha, The Raven, to heal his broken and damaged pelvis. But first, she told him, he had to believe. Believe in what? Forty years ago, Jon Turk was a scientist at the University of Colorado . For Earth Day 1, 1970, he co-authored the first environmental science textbook in North America . But even as he continued a successful academic career, he wandered the great oceans, mountain ranges, and tundras of the globe.
Believe in what? He wondered. Join Jon for an evening of self-discovery. Framed by high adventure across the vast and forbidding Siberian landscape, The Raven's Gift is a life-altering vision of the ties between the natural and spiritual realms, informed by one man’s awakening and guided by the ancient Spirit Bird with wide black wings and the power to heal. Visit Jon's website to learn more...www.jonturk.net
Thoughts about Michael Blake, his relationship with his horse, coming Friday December 11th Date: December-6-2009
What is it about the horse that makes it so spiritual?
a quote from the book Mustang by Deanne Stillman "This is the great
paradox of the horse. It possesses a wild spirit but serves as the
greatest helpmate all civilization has known. Other wild animals have
been pressed into service or entertainment, but it is only the horse
that consistently moves back and forth between there and here, horizon
and corral, range and rodeo, inspiring centuries of song, art,
literature and worship, stirring passions in everyone from King
Solomon to the ancient Greeks to cowboy poets. We see your fire, all
have said. We want it. And the horse has rsponded, let us restrain
it with ropes and things that pull on its mouth and all manner of
gear---giving up its freedom so that we can have ours, slipping
easily, quickly, back into the wild when it can, serving as avatar,
martyr, and friend."
My thoughts concerning MichaelBlake's talk about his relationship
with this wild horse, why it impacted his whole life and why the
spiritual film festival is sponsoring this event. The horse provides
speed, escape, freedom, the ability, or at least the fantasy, that we
can experience far beyond our daily existence. By connecting on some
level with this animal, we too may approach, possibly touch the other
side.
The horse is touchable yet untouchable
Reachable yet not
It is the extension of our spirit
The clarification for our being
We all yearn to understand what is our connection to all others, but
more importantly what is the connection that is within ourselves?
Perhaps looking into the eyes of the Horse will give us a clue.
Terry Tischer, Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival Board Member
Michael Blake, author of Dances with Wolves, to speak December 11th, 2009 Date: November-27-2009
Twelve the King An evening with Michael Blake, author of Dances With Wolves
Dedicated to all who believe that humanity is not the only important element on the planet earth.
Less than one percent of humans who live in America have ever seen wild horses running free. Yet the actual lives of wild horses reveal to humanity the privilege having a life on the planet earth is and how vital it is to respect the privilege. Join award winning author, photographer and humanitarian Michael Blake for an evening of stories and slides exploring how one wild horse, King, continues to enhance and define the course of his life and work. Twelve the King was written to honor King's existence and share with anyone the inspiration and knowledge he exhibited each day of his life.
Friday, December 11th, 6:00 PM Meet the author and book-signing
Wine and beer available
7:00 PM Presentation Twelve the King
NexStage Theatre, Tickets $15 at door
120 South Main Street, Ketchum, Idaho
208-788-9729 www.svspiritualfilmfestival.org
About Michael Blake: In the early eighties, a screenplay made it to the screen in the form of a low-budget, independent film originally titled Double Down, starring an unknown actor named Kevin Costner, in his first featured role. Blake's first novel, Dances With Wolves, was published as a mass-market paperback in 1988, receiving no attention until the film version was released to worldwide acclaim in the late 1990s. The phenomenal success of the movie ended more than twenty years of impoverished struggle to make a living out of literature and resulted in a downpour of awards, including the Oscar.
Books: Twelve the King was released June 2009, but has been preceeded by many others: Dances With Wolves, Airman Mortensen, Marching to Valhalla, The Holy Road, Into the stars (release 2010), Like A Running Dog Vol.1, Indian Yell,
Screenplays: Double Down, Dances With Wolves - 7 Academy Awards,
Historic Documentary : The American West, On the Road with Michael Blake
www.twelvetheking.com www.svspiritualfilmfestival
Book Review of Twelve the King byRichard Marcus Date: November-27-2009
Twelve The King is a deceptively simple book, only thirty some pages of photographs and text. Its power resides in the feelings of awe and wonder that Blake so obviously feels for Twelve and the fact that he is able to convey those feelings to us with minimal words and no hyperbole. There are no long rapturous peons of praise to the glories of nature and wild creatures, just straight forward sentences describing this one horse. Yet reading about Twelve is to be given a glimpse at what is lost each time a rancher encroaches on preserve land and the BLM removes more horses from the wild, and the herds move one step closer to eradication.
"In city traffic/I remember his eyes/So dark and wet/So full of God" ends a poem Blake wrote after his first sight of Twelve at the Reno BLM facility. It's a pity there aren't more people who share Blake's vision, who can see the hand of their Creator in the untamed and the beauty it represents. He doesn't waste space decrying the practices of the BLM, a couple of paragraphs summarizing the hypocrisy of their so-called preservation efforts-ones that appear destined to guarantee the eradication of wild horses in America-are sufficient to tell us all that we need to know. Yet Twelve The King is one of the strongest arguments you'll ever read for ensuring the preservation of the wild herds. A world in which Twelve and those like him have ceased to exist is not one I care to imagine, but is one that could soon become a reality. That would be a shame.
Twelve The King can be purchased directly from Perceval Press.
Secrets of Shangri-la November 19th, 7:00 PM Date: November-5-2009
Secrets of Shangri-la: The Ancient Caves of Mustang
National Geographic-Funded Explorer Unveils New Discoveries in the High Himalaya
November 19th 7:00 PM nexSTAGE THEATRE Ketchum, Idaho $15
Broughton Coburn, Harvard graduate and author and editor of seven books (including two national bestsellers), is a premier authority on the culture and environment of the Himalaya, where he lived for two decades. In Secrets of Shangri-la: The Ancient Caves of Mustang, he recounts the recent National Geographic-funded expedition to a series of human-excavated cave cities that date to 2,000 B.C., yielding discoveries of international significance -- rare, abandoned text folios, and an exquisite, 14th Century mural depicting a lineage of high priests and mystical yogis.
In a lively, illustrated presentation, Broughton Coburn is appearing the day after the premiere, on PBS, of the National Geographic SPECIAL, Secrets of Shangri-la, for a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the sometimes challenging expedition. Succinctly, he will unravel the pre-historic, religious, cultural and artistic legacy of this enchanted, living landscape, and traverse such diverse subjects as high altitude archaeology and anthropology, fragile mountain environments, global warming, Himalayan art history, issues of cultural change and modernization, and the inherent nature of the human mind. It's all wrapped in a gripping adventure story that shares this year's findings with the public for the first time -- a show that, broadly speaking, offers up the real-life version of the latest installment in the Indiana Jones series.
Brought to you by The Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival
Time for reflection and gratitude Date: October-15-2009
Dear Friends and Festival Advocates and Guests,
As thank you notes are mailed, bills paid, exercise routines resumed, and my home office restored, I am filled with unending gratitude to each of you. Your prayers, attention, support, enthusiasm, and advocacy have created the most successful festival ever! I look forward to meeting each of you and sharing the illuminating power of film in 2010, September 17-19th, in Sun Valley, Idaho. Dr Mary Gervase, Executive Director
idaho Artists Exhibition/Silent Auction begins! Date: August-31-2009
"Simple Pleasure" by Paul Exline
The Open Room and the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival present:
Celebrating The Human Spirit
An exhibition and silent auction to benefit the
Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival and our Idaho artists!
Exhibition dates: August 31 - September 19, 2009
Gallery Walk Opening Reception:
Friday, September 4, 5 - 8 PM
Refreshments by CIRO and live
entertainment by Art Wallace
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2009 Program Posted !!!!! Date: August-23-2009
FRIESEN GALLERY
Thursday September 17
5:30-7:30 PM Gala Opening at the Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley Road at First Avenue, Ketchum
SUN VALLEY OPERA HOUSE
Friday September 18
12:30 Heart Sutra (23), God as we understand him (58)
2:30 Scenes from a Parish (85)
4:30 Niloofar (82)
6:30 With One Voice (78),Matt Flickstein, Executive producer to speak
9:00 Unmistaken Child (102)
SUN VALLEY OPERA HOUSE
Saturday September 19
8:30 Marketing to Muggles;Spiritual media,Coffee, panel discussion. Moderator: Tom Williamson, Panelists: Sarah Masters, Peter Shiao, Stephen Kiesling
10:00 The Horse Boy (93)
12:00 The Little Soul and the Sun(60)FREE for all ages!
1:30 Hollywood is dead: What's next?Stephen Simon to speak, World premiere of The Gift
3:30 Lucia Rijker,A Buddhist,A Boxer (60)Director George Schouten to speak
6:00 The Human Experience (90)Actors Jeffrey Azize, Michael Campo to speak
9:00 Oh My God(93),Piety (2)
SUN VALLEY OPERA HOUSE
Sunday September 20
9:30 Footsteps in Africa (67),Wonder Chamber(4),Walking with the Kukai(30)
11:30 Blessings (104), Director Victress Hitchcock to speak
2:00 Cracking the Cosmic Egg, CEO HESA Institute, Jim Walsh to speak
3:30 Cowboy Yoga (10), Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox (88) Ralph Bronner to speak
6:00 Sunshine for the Soul(6) CEO, Valerie Skonie to speak, Dhamma Brothers (76)Vapassana Teacher Brett Morris to speak
8:30 Youssou N'Dour: I bring what I Love (102)
COMMUNITY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Monday September 21
7:00 In recognition of International Peace Day, The Day After Peace (82)
COMMUNITY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Thursday September 24
7:00 An evening of cultivating happiness, Matthieu Ricard to speak, Booksiging at 6:30
September is Film Festival month..don't miss all the events! Date: August-15-2009
"Celebrate the Human Spirit" Come celebrate the opening of the Idaho Artists Exhibition/silent auction at The Open Room, September 4th, 5:00-8:00 PM to benefit the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival and our Idaho artists. Featured works by Idaho artists on view for public exhibition and silent auction beginning Monday, August 31st, at 10 am and closing at 5 pm on Saturday, September 19th. 680 Sun Valley Road, Walnut Avenue Mall, Ketchum
Gala Opening at the Friesen Gallery, September 17th, 5:30-7:30 Celebrate and welcome festival goers and guests to the 5th year of the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival. Hors d'oeuvres gifted by Ric Lum, libations gifted by Bex Wilkinson. Enjoy the limited edition photographs of Matthieu Ricard: author, Buddhist monk, French Interpreter for the Dalai Lama, who will be joining us September 24th (see below). Sun Valley Road at First Avenue, Ketchum.
Marketing to Muggles: Spiritual Media, September 19th, 8:30-9:30 AM Coffee with our panelists. What is spiritual media? How do we market, brand and define spiritual media to the ever increasing audience interested in the spirituality genre? Moderator: Tom Williamson, Producer, Co-Chair Idaho Film Advisory Committee; Panelists: Sarah Masters, Managing Director-Hartley Film Foundation, Peter Shiao, Founder and CEO-Orb Media Group, Stephen Kiesling, Editor-in-Chief-Spirituality and Health
Hollywood is dead: What's next? September 19th, 1:30 PM Hollywood Producer/Director Stephen Simon presents a lively, interactive workshop on Hollywood and Spiritual Cinema, where they are now, where they've been, and where they may be going. Stephen is the producer of Somewhere In Time and What Dreams May Come, the producer/director of Conversations With God and Indigo, cofounder of The Spiritual Cinema Circle (a global DVD monthly subscription company), and the author of The Force Is With You: Mystical Movie Messages That Inspire Our Lives. Don’t miss the World Premiere of the first episode of THE GIFT, an original episodic series from The Spiritual Cinema Circle. The first episode of THE GIFT will be distributed exclusively to Spiritual Cinema Circle subscribers beginning in October, with subsequent episodes in November and December.
Cracking the Cosmic Egg, September 20th, 2:00 PM Jim Walsh, CEO HESA Institute, CEO Intentional Chocolate brings us ,"Cracking the Cosmic Egg" a short film and presentation introducing us to an exciting new frontier where science and spirituality are combining to improve the human condition. HESA's mission is to combine the science of spirituality and the science of matter, East and West together, to benefit the areas of human energy, health care, nutrition and education in measurable ways. One of the highlights of the talk will be an audience sampling of one of first prototype products to come out of HESA's technology-Intentional Chocolate!
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September 21st: Special screening of The Day After Peace, in honor of International Peace Day, 7:00 PM, Community School Auditorium.
September 24th: Matthieu Ricard: Buddhist monk, author, photographer, and French interpreter for His Holiness the Dalai Lama to speak about "Cultivating the inner conditions for genuine happiness," 7:00 PM, Presenation. Book signing begins at 6:30 PM Community School Auditorium.
Watch our Film Festival Trailer! Date: August-14-2009
Made possible by the generosity, expertise and passion of Kathy and Paul Carson, Carson International, Inc., Ketchum, Idaho and Tampa Digital Studios, Tampa, Florida. Thank you!
Valley local returns as guest of film festival! Welcome back Brendon! Date: August-14-2009
Brendon McQueen makes his short film directorial debut with Skip Rocks -- Winner of the 2009 Reach Film Fellowship. He grew up in Sun Valley and went on to graduate from Columbia University's Film Program where he was Editor-In-Chief of the Columbia Observer and host/producer for Arts and Answers on WKCR 89.9FM. He has been a filmmaker since his early teens and continues to seek out filmmaking experiences that provide an opportunity to shed light on the socially relevant issues communities face today. Prior to living in New York, Brendon was an assistant on a number of Hollywood features for Happy Madison, etc. and served as executive intern to Sony's President of Production. His first feature script is a recent Sundance Screenwriting Lab finalist. Brendon is currently writing his second script and developing a Television series for cable. Brendon will be "coming home" for the fest and speaking at the screening of his film.
Hollywood is Dead: What 's next? Date: August-13-2009
Sneak preview...world premier and workshop to be offered during fest...
Hollywood Producer/Director Stephen Simon talks about Hollywood and Spiritual Cinema, where they are now, where they've been, and where they may be going.
Stephen Simon is the producer of SOMEWHERE IN TIME and WHAT DREAMS MAY COME, the producer/director of CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD and INDIGO, cofounder of The Spiritual Cinema Circle (a global DVD monthly subscription company), and the author of THE FORCE IS WITH YOU: Mystical Movie Messages That Inspire Our Lives.
In this lively and interactive workshop, Stephen will also World Premiere the first episode of THE GIFT, an original episodic series from The Spiritual Cinema Circle. The first episode of THE GIFT will be distributed exclusively to Spiritual Cinema Circle subscribers beginning in October, with subsequent episodes in November and December.
Purchase your Festival Pass online! Date: August-13-2009
Purchase your Film Festival Pass online click here
or at any of these locations for just $80!
In Ketchum...Chapter One Bookstore, 160 Main Street North, (208) 726-5425
In Boise...The Boise Co-op, 888 W Fort St, (208) 472-4500
In Boise...Spirit at Work Books, 710 N Orchard St, (208) 388-3884
Enjoy the fest from the Sun Valley Resort ! Date: July-19-2009
Sun Valley Resort offers special lodging packages as it welcomes the return of the 5th Sun Valley Film Festival. Call 800-786-8259 for reservations. Just mention the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival to receive the incredible room rate!
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Films, films, films now posted!!! Date: July-17-2009
2009 Film Festival Selections include... Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox, Cowboy Yoga, God as we understand Him:a film about faith and the 12 step movement, Lucia Rijker, A boxer, a Buddhist, Niloofar, Scenes From A Parish, The Horse Boy, The Human Experience, Unmistaken Child, With One Voice, Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love, click here
Film Submissions Date: July-9-2009
335 films have been received to date for consideration. Films of all lengths and genres are presented - shorts, animation, documentaries and features - from every corner of the globe.
Anita's Message Date: July-8-2009
"And what might happen to us all in this 3 day journey of exploration into the human spirit through film and dialogue? Some of us may be transformed by what we hear and see, some of us will learn things we never knew, some of us will be uplifted by the messages given in these films and some of us will question things we learn about, but we guarantee, no one will leave untouched by the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival. No matter what it does to us or for us, it will be a celebration of the diversities of us all." - Anita McCann, Board Member
This past year, our youngest filmmaker, Angad Singh, commented..... Date: July-7-2009
"I was only thirteen years old with no experience in film - making, but a much needed message to share and passion for peace that drives me. Although a lot of children's film festivals recognized my film 'One Light', Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival put my work at par with the grown up filmmakers and gave me a platform to show to all that one doesn't need to wait to make this world a better place. By collaborating with the local High School, SVSFF gave me an opportunity to share my vision and empower more young people towards a friendlier world".